Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-12-29
YEARS EVENTS.
A Record Of the Notable Occur
-enCes Of 1887, Chrome
logically Arranged.
Brief Mention Of the Important PO.
litieal, Social and Financial
Happenings.
Neurology Of 1887-Death's Busy Rec
ord in the Ranks Of the Worlds
Distinguished People.
The Casualty Record-A Long List of
Accidents Involving Loss of
Human Life.
A Catalogue of the Legal Executions and
Victims of Mob Law During
the Year.
CHRONOLOGY.
Noteworthy Occurrences OF the
Year.

Noteworthy Occurrences OF the
Year.
JANUARY
l-Steamer La Champagne landed her passen.
gers at Havre, France, having sailed from New
York on Christmas. Emperor William cele-
DRAFTED the etghtieth anniversary of his joining
the Prussian army.
rooms generally closed no liquors given away.
5-First time in history wheat OF excellent
quality and superior weight exported by Russia
6-Four young men hanged at Sydney, N. s.
W. Tor Sef brutal al assault upon girl Of l6,
hsh to depth OF one foot; result Of volcanic dis
turbance
A-sadie Hayes negress, who killed a police
sergeant in Sc Louis, sentenced to penitentiary
for ninety-nine years
FEBRUARY,
G-Owatonna Mimi people startled by thun-
der and lightning lasting an hour. with mer-
1G-To commemorate the jubilee of Queen
Victoria, 2j,OOJ persons were released from jails
in India.
l7-Steamship Great Eastern, built in 1859 at
cost OF S4,0)O,00J, sold at auction for $4,000
N-A bill proposing to change the jury lays
80 as to legalize a two-thirds verdict was Ia
Vorably reported in the pennsylvania House.
MARCH.
4-Death-roll OF Forty-ninth Congress COM
prised thirteen names in Senate and House.
l5-At noon, darkness equal to midnight
spread over the region of Charing Cross, White
hall, and the Strand, London, snow meantime
falling heavily.
General Marquis d'Abzac, that he would use
all his influence to maintain peace
1S-President Cleveland entered upon his
10 Citizens of Buffalo decided upon the re-
moval OF overhead wires. because they prevent
effective work by the fire department.
2i~Germany refused to participate in the
Paris International Exhibition OF 1889. Three
hundred tramps invaded Chinese village, ana
were lured by the inhabitants into temple
which was then fired, only forty OF the wander
;O~Elevon inches of snow fell at Lexington.
Ky.
3i-Heavy snowstorm prevailed ip Virginia.
APRIL
5-The Pennsylvania Senate passed bill
providing that murderers may be put TO death
H~sarnh i. Howe, the Boston banker fed
with $4,000 intrusted to her by credulous peo-
i5-The Delaware Senate passed a bill pro-
hibiting absolutely the manufacture and sale
of bogus butter.
4-Earthquake shocks at FL Paso, Texas. Albu-
querque, San Marcial, and Lake Valley, n. M 1,
created great alarm, feeling akin to seasick-
ness seizing many persons. Volcanoes broke
out in the Winchester, MILESTONE, and San
Jose Mountains, Arizona
7-Ciov. Hill signed the bill making Satu rday
a half-holiday throughout tie State of New
York
lO-Inauguration OF great strike and lock-
out at Chicago Of workingmen connected with
the building trades, including 10000 carpenters
bricklayers, masons, painters, etc. the brick
LAYERS insisted that Saturday should be pay
fTig sdT5yilJf tha HmedteT builders held out fol
JUNE.
Mob Meadows assassinated by unknown
persons at Ozark. Mo-, making the forty-t third
murder to the credit OF Christian County since
the war
2I-Queen Victoria began the ffty-first year
OF her reign over Great Britain, and her jubilee
was celebrated in an impressive manner by q
magnificent pTocet sion in London, the most
imposing pageant OF modern times
JULY.
2-An assault by negro on a white woman
in Morehouse Parish La, resulted in the death
of one white man and twelve no sroes; q mum.
Der Of colored people were lynched.
AT Quincy, Ill "ProT" Baldwin dropped O
mile from balloon to the earth.
9-The big strike in the building trades al
Chicago settled by arbitration; wage-earrers
lost over ,000.O0). DIR. McGlynn, of New York
excommunicated from the Roman Catholic
Church.
17-Extrernely warm weather in the country
east OF the Mississippi and south OF the lakes
the thermometer throughout the entire region
registered from 80 to 103 degrees, the latter fig
ure being noted at Streator, ILL.,, with l07 chron
icled at Beloit, Wis. ; fatal sun strokes were nu
merous at Cincinnati, st Louis and Chi ago
| the day was the hottest known in the history oi
| the latter city, deaths from sunstroke number
| ing 40.
26-The Commissioner OF Pensions received q
"
| of tho list of Government dependents; the
Kansas man claimcl that his disabilities were
! cured by faith.
2--John Beall, aged l3, OF Eaton, Ohio. con
| fessed the murder OF his mother
6--Tom Voolfolk, living near Macon, Ga, was
arrested for the murder OF his father and eight
other members OF the family. the motive OF the
culprit being TO gain possession of his father
| property.
l6-Arrest in Indian Territory of Jake Petit
| john, who, thirty years ago, was sentenced to
death In Forsyth County, Georgia, for murder
SEPTEMBER.
| 1-At Princeton, Mo-, Randall Blakeslee fell
from balloon, SOD feet in the air, and wal
killed instantly
5--Labor holiday celebrated throughout the
country by huge professions ana picnics nt
red flags in the PROFESSIONS, and no Socialists
| 9-California celebrated the thirty-seventl
anniversary OF its admission 20 the nion
| 27-In New York hnrbor, the American slool
/ Volunteer defeated the Scotch cutter Thistle II
the first OF series OF races for the America
cup. by 10 minutes "a seconds distance, fort!
| miles.
s-Tbe yacht Volunteer again ran away from
her Scotch competitor Ih stle In the secon'
| contest-same place, and under like condition
by nearly twelve minutes
| OCTOBER.
"A successful experiment was made n
/ Bellevue Hospital, New York City, with a tele
| phonic probe, q bullet being located in tn
liver Of a man who was shot while attempting
| a burglary.
| ST v. Woolrich, a merchant, lost HIS wa,
| In the Mount Unlack gold district, a wild unin
| habited section OF Nova Scotia, and was re
cued after having existed on water for elevti
| days
1.-THE dead bodies Of thirteen infants wer
| found in an old cistern at Toledo, Ohio O
premises once occupied by midwife. who wa.
| put under arrest
i1-First snowstorm Of the season, at point
in Michigan and Wisconsin.
| NOVEMBER
11-Four Of the leading advocates OF socia
| revolution (anarchistsl-August Spies, Adolp
| Fischer, George Engel, and Albert II. Parsons
! perished on the scaffold at Chicago. They wer
/ proven 10 DO conspirators and participants 4
| the famous riot at the Haymarket square, Chi
| cago, May 4, 1885, which caused the death 9
seven police officers AMI the manning Of sixt
| others. Samuel Fielden and Michael Behwak